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Look up any U.S. private foundation by name, EIN, city, or state. Pull total giving, grant counts, median grant size, trustees, and asset base from the most recent IRS Form 990 filings. No login. Updated daily.

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Top foundations by total giving in the U.S.

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Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
For Sarah Gardner Char Fd Dallas, TX $736,828 38
Dunlap Foundation Huntington Beach, CA $736,828 69
The Josephine Ardery Foundation Inc Lexington, KY $736,764 107
The Hasse Family Foundation Inc Naples, FL $736,750 13
The Peggy A Bell Foundation Encinatas, CA $736,696 47
Elmer S Lowe & Christine Lowe Mem Tr Raleigh, NC $736,617 6
Wallace Walter F Jr Memorial Foundation Chicago, IL $736,590 58
The Linda L Von Thaden Foundation Hopewell Township, NJ $736,549 68
The Robert Hopkins And Lorraine Warren Penn Laird, VA $736,523 162
The Charles R Bronfman Prize Foundation New York, NY $736,500 22
The Auxilary Of Jewish Hospital Inc Cincinnati, OH $736,500 10
Sanders Family Foundation Beverly Hills, CA $736,500 25
J Frederick & Helen B Vogel Trust Cincinnati, OH $736,500 195
Findt Harry L Tw I4 Pittsburgh, PA $736,454 5
The Hosanna Foundation Inc Carmel, IN $736,424 96
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Foundations file 990s in the state where they hold legal domicile. Explore where private foundations are most concentrated across the U.S.

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U.S. territories

American Samoa (AS) 3 Guam (GU) 0 Northern Mariana Islands (MP) 4 Puerto Rico (PR) 94 U.S. Virgin Islands (VI) 21
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Two common starting points. Category browsing pinpoints funders by program focus. Major U.S. cities concentrate the largest grant dollars.

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Category Foundations
Education 1,722
Health care 813
Human services 803
Religion-related 538
Arts, culture & humanities 496
Youth development 461
Community improvement 300
Philanthropy & grantmaking 187

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $564.6M
New York, NY $447.7M
Chicago, IL $355.7M
Pittsburgh, PA $352.4M
Wilmington, DE $287.6M
Las Vegas, NV $277.8M
Milwaukee, WI $172.5M
Brooklyn, NY $150.2M
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